Sylvastia



Jan. '16, 1923. 1,442,040;

A. H. BELLAMY ET AL.

MAMUAL KNITTING DEVICE.

FILED 0150.19.19

Patented Jan. 16, 1923.

UNITED STATS renew rarer orrics.

ARTHUR HARLEY BELLAIWIY AND CHARLES H. BELLAE-IY, OF II-IILADELPHIA, PENN- SYLVANIA.

MANUAL KNETTING DEVICE.

Application filed December 19, 1921.

To all w/zom 2'4.- may concom:

Be it known that we An HUB llARL'EY BIZELLAMY and (humans H. BnLLAr citizens ates, residing; at Philadelphizu county oi l ,iiladelphiaq and ate cl. lrennsylwuniu, have invented certain new and useful lmproven'ients in Manual l iuitting Du q, oi which the trulowingis a specification.

lice object of our invention is to provide :1 novel device which will altord amusement to children and enable then. to quickly l-znit :grths of narrow it 'erial, commonly lindwli among; children as horse line.

.lnoi'lier object is to malre our-improved device of a simple construction which can be readily ginsped in a childs hand and which can be easily manipulated. l

llhese objects and other advantageous ends which will he described hereinafter we attain in the ttollowinp, manner, reference be- 1" had to the accompanying drawing in whichi H v F' we 1 is a perspective view showing; our improved device and the manner in which it is heldin and manipulated by the hand Figure Qis an elevation of our improved device l igure 3 is an enlarged section taken on the line 3-3 ot Figure 2, and

Figure is an enlarged top plan view of said device.

lloi erring to the drawing, our improved device includes a handle body portion 5 which is made cylindrical in form and has a central vertical passage 6, which, at its top, llitl'fQS outward and. intercepts the top edge surface 7 to provide dished recess 8, The outer surface of the handle has grooves 9 out therein; said grooves extending upward from the lower end to the top edge 7 and partly intercepting the recess 8. The handle portion 5 is preferably made of wood and we have illustrated four of the grooves 9. Lotch knitting needles 10 are slidably mounted lengthwise within the grooves 9 zuul have bent projections 11 which extend outward from the grooves laterally to positions beyond the peripheral surface of the cylindrical handle portion 5. These latch needles may he of a type well known including latches 12 which are pivotslly connected at 13 to the body portion 14 of the needles; the latches being movable upward to close the space 15 between ends of the hooks 16 Serial No. 523,276.

sud l e surface 17 of the body DOl'lIlOIlS 1 oi: the needles. l. he pro ections 1.1. are positioned hetwee the lower ends 18 ot the t socoiul ring or bend 20 preferably of seamless metal, snugly surrounds the handle portion 5 at a position to surround the hooks and latches of the needles when they are in their lowered positions with the latches closed against the hooks.

It will be noted that by arranging the grooves 9 and recess as above stated that the interception of the grooves with the recess will provide annularly arranged notches In the use of the device, the handle portion is grasped by the hand, such for example as the hand shown at 22 in Figure 1; the lingers surro din the handle portion with the handle port in cngugen'icnt with the palm of the hand; the thumb of the hand being free for engagement with the projections .lflot the needles as will be hereinafter described.

lo use, the object is to knit the yarn 23 into a length of knitted material and, as will hereinafter he more thoroughly described, its the material is knitted it can be pulled by the little finger 22!- ot the hand. which finger is posniioued at a level below the lower end of the handle. To start the left hand that the thumb can freely raise and lower the needles by engagement with the projections 11 the handle being; slightly rotated after each lmittingoperation of a needle so as to move the next needle in series order in a position to be conveniently manipulated by the thumb. To commence worlc the end of the yarn is inserted downward through the passage 6 so that the end will project suificiently below the lower end of the handle to sllow it to be wrapped around the little finger 24-. This is done to allow the work to be drawn down each time a stitch is made. The next operation is to push the needles upward as far as they will go with the ladies open. Then the yarn is wrapped once around each needle below the end of the open latch. The knitting can be commenced by placing the yarn under the hook oi a needle and closing the latch over it; then drawing the needle down with the thumb; then pushing the needle up again so that the stitch formed passes below the latch and with the hook clear. This action is repeated successively upon the needles of the series in annular arrangement; it being noted that upon the lowering movement oi": a needle with the yarn inserted under the hook that the previously tormed stitch will close the latch to embrace the nen portion of the yarn; the previously formed loop being arrested or stopped by the top surface 7 and the yarn bridginqthe notches 21 so that the closed hool; will be drawn through the previously formed loop or stitch and the latter will cast off and upon pulling the lower end by the linger 24:, the previously formed loop in each. instance will be moved toward the. center of the passage 6 down the dished incline oi, the recess 8; the result being that the continuous knit-ting will produce a knitted strip or line, such as shown at 25; this strip in the form illustrated being compact and substantially circular in'cross section.

In the actual use of the device, it has been found that with little practice a child can quickly manipulate the same to produce an even knitted length of material and the device can be quickly and easily manufactured.

We preferably cover the handle portion with a sheet of material, such as paper 26, so that the grooves below the band 19 will be covered and an even surface will be produce l which is comfortable to the sense of touch and by making the handle out of wood, this strip can be pasted thereto so as to firmly adhere and furthermore the bands l9 and Qt) can be forced thereon; the grooves allowing su'liicient springing action to keep the band in place without further riveting or securing means.

l v hile "we have described our invention as taking a particular form, it will be understood that the ions parts of our invention nay be changed without departing from the spirit thereof and hence we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction set forth, but consider that we are at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Let- Patent is z- A device of the character described in cluding a handle having grooves formed in the peripheral surface of said handle;

needles 'slidabl mounted in said grooves" i 7 said handle having a passage extending therethrough within the confines of said needles, said needles having projecting portions whereby they can be manipulated; and bands surrounding said handle above and below the projections of said needles; substantia ly as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR HARLEY BELLAMY. CHAS. H. BELLAMY.

VJitnesses CHAS. E. Por'rs, ELIZABETH GARBER. 

